Tuesday, April 18, 2017

silence

there’s so much of it

(God’s silenceyour silencemy silencewhat you say what you don’twhat i saywhat i don’twhat we saywhat we don’t)or so little

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after he says i love youafter the applause has ended, and you’re sitting alone in your roomafter the confession of indiscretionsafter your heroes are goneafter the towers came downafter words spoken in angerafter too many drinksafter the warafter she says i love youafter a job well doneafter many tearful entreatiesafter the recognition that you’re wrongafter regret takes hold of you and you wonder if there’s a way to go backafter the sharing of a secretafter you realize that your friendship is overafter the lights go downafter it’s not you, it’s meafter the birth of your first childafter the discovery of a betrayalafter the news that your oma passed away at 102after the gift of a confessionafter you didn’t see that comingafter the bad news after the good news